DUSHANBE, May 26, 2014, Asia-Plus — Downtown Dushanbe is being closed today until 12:00 in connection with the Border Guards Day.
According to Faridoun Mahmadaliyev, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), more than 10,000 servicemen are being on the military parade in Dushanbe today.
Soldiers and officers from the Main Border Guard Directorate, the Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Defense, the Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense (CES) and the National Guard are participating in the parade that is being held in Dousti Square.
Commander of Tajik Border Troops, Lieutenant-General Rajabali Rahmonali, and Commander of the Dushanbe Garrison, Major-General Bakhtiyor Ruzminshoyev, are commanding the parade.
The Main Border Guard Directorate of Tajikistan is an agency of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) and the anniversary of the founding of Tajik Border Troops has been celebrated regularly since May 28, 1994. This annual event is known as the Border Guards Day.
